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I'm not considering which is the best writer, this is strictly a fashion show, which is the prettiest?

 

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I love 'em all, but 1, 2, 3 is Pelikan, Visconti & Sailor.

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Pelikan by far for me. Then probably the Montblanc calligraphy nib.

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1. Montblanc

2. Pelikan

3. Visconti

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Running tally...

 

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Parker

5

Pelikan

8

Montblanc

2

Sailor

3

Visconti

3

 

Thanks. :-)

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dead heat between parker and pelikan. I have the parker and it looks so much nicer in person than the picture, the polish and shine is flawless.

 

The MB nib is kind of hideous and kinda puts me off the calligraphy. I love MB's standard 149 nib. I hate how they do custom stuff to every special edition because I hate every single one of them.

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Visconti then Pelikan

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dead heat between parker and pelikan. I have the parker and it looks so much nicer in person than the picture, the polish and shine is flawless.

 

The MB nib is kind of hideous and kinda puts me off the calligraphy. I love MB's standard 149 nib. I hate how they do custom stuff to every special edition because I hate every single one of them.

Geez, such negativity.

 

Yeah, the 149 calligraphy nib won't win any beauty contests, I guess its performance makes up for the humble appearance.

I should have posted a picture of my rose gold 146, it's very pretty.

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Why no love for the Pilot VP or Lamy Safari nibs? :)

 

My preference from the above is Visconti. If the standard MB nib had been amongst the options the decision would be harder and I'm not sure which I'd choose.

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Why no love for the Pilot VP or Lamy Safari nibs? :)

 

My preference from the above is Visconti. If the standard MB nib had been amongst the options the decision would be harder and I'm not sure which I'd choose.

The VP and Safari nibs are good writers, but they're certainly not gonna win any beauty pageants. :-)

Yeah, I should have included a shot of my rose gold 146, it's a looker.

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